Hi Tom! Thank you for the free templates! They are always appreciated! I was wondering though if you or any of the E-Learning Heroes would be able to share your “Color Schemes” in the Download area under the E-Learning Templates section as it mentions them in the description, but there aren’t any available (at least that I can find). I suppose a short Screenr might be needed in order to show folks where to put the file so it can be used. Thanks again for all you do!
5 Free PowerPoint E-Learning Templates
April 26th, 2011
I had a great time at recent presentations in Minneapolis and Nashville. It’s really fun to meet people from different parts of the country. Like in most sessions, I find that many are struggling to work by themselves with limited resources. So I’m always looking for ways to help people get more out of the tools they have.
During these trips I tend to have extra time at the airport, so usually play around with template ideas. They help me eat up some of the time waiting and I know that I’ll be able to give away the templates.
Here’s a template I was playing with recently (and a few additional templates for you to download).
Business Time PowerPoint Template
This template is designed around four sections. Of course, once you break it apart and see how it’s built, you can add as many sections as you like. I also used a couple of fonts from the free Google web fonts I mentioned a couple of weeks ago: Airstream and Arvo.
If you want to change the images in the sections, that’s easy to do. They’re just shaped filled with pictures. Right-click on the shape and then fill it with a different image. You can move the image around the shape using the offset X and Y axis.
Click here to view the template demo.
Bluegreen PowerPoint Template
The template below is from the Skyscan demo I did a couple of years ago. I wrote about it in this blog post on how you can save your job in this economy. This template works really well with Articulate Engage.
Click here to view the Skyscan demo.
Subtle Sky PowerPoint Template
Below is an idea I was playing with a while back. It has a very subtle blue accent to it. It’s made up of two basic screens like the Skyscan demo. I never did anything with it because it was too subtle. You’re free to use it if you like.
Community PowerPoint Templates
Jeanette’s recently added a couple of templates to the Articulate community. They’re pretty cool. You can see them in action below. Feel free to download them and use as you wish.
View the Forecast template demo.
Click to view the Spectrum template demo.
All of these demos are available to you via the E-learning Heroes community. You can find them in the free downloads section or download them individually using the links below.
Hope you enjoy the templates and can find some use for them.
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Hey Tom! Thanks for the free templates. I really like the Subtle Sky template. It’s right on time! It’s what I was looking for to use in a training I’m building.
P.S. Where did you find the hamster video?
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@Pink Lady: The 5 templates above use the default PowerPoint color scheme called “Office.” You can change the PPT color scheme in PPT by clicking the Design tab on the PPT ribbon and using the Colors dropdown. But maybe you’re referring to the color scheme of the Articulate Presenter player instead? If so, you can switch the colors on your player by editing the player template. Here’s a tutorial that shows how: http://community.articulate.com/tutorials/products/changing-your-player-s-color-scheme.aspx Hope that helps! If not, let us know by posting in the E-Learning Heroes forums (http://community.articulate.com/forums/)and we can help you out. 🙂
@Jeanette: Thank you for your response. I was actually just hoping to see if any of the heroes have any custom made color schemes for Presenter, Engage and Quizmaker that they would be willing to share on the E-Learning Heroes Download page. I have tried to customize some myself but it is very time consuming and they never come out as professional looking as I would like. Thank you!
@PinkLady – In addition to Jeanette’s tutorial, have you seen this interactive job aid for quickly identifying the parts of the player to customize: http://community.articulate.com/downloads/p/786.aspx
What is it about your colors that don’t look professional? The color combinations or the quality of the colors?
@Pink lady: Right now we don’t have a dedicated place in the downloads specifically for color schemes, but a lot of the downloadable items in the E-Learning Examples section (http://community.articulate.com/downloads/g/examples/default.aspx) do have the color schemes embedded in the project, since color schemes are saved within the project’s player template. That said, if you have a project that you’d like some help developing a color scheme for, that would make a great post in the forums – I’m sure folks would love to collaborate with you & produce some great color scheme ideas.
When I try to download the business time demo file, I get a message saying the file is corrupt. Is it possible to post another one of email me one.
Thanks for the templates! They downloaded just fine for me. I love that picture at the beginning. Hilarious! I needed that laugh today. Thanks!
Can I know how do you insert the video that shown in Forecast template demo.
Hello and thank-you for all your tips and guidance. Do you have any tips for creating eLearning for software tutorials? I love a lot of your ideas and creativity but I find it difficult to incorporate any of these ideas into courses that are trying to teach software functionality. I feel stuck with screenshots, text bubbles and simulated pop-outs……….
I have yet to see any templates that cover that type of learning….
any ideas?
Hi Tom,
Thanks.
Just the thing i was looking for, i just downloaded the Blue Green Template.
I am working on adding my custom content and is pretty simple and atleast need not know HTML for this.
Industrial-Style Flip Card Template is a little more professional and i am targetting to spend the next couple of weeks to make a killer presentation. This is specifically useful for product launces with testimonials and if i am successful in making a vid out of this, i know i have done a good job
Thanks for the great sure
Thanks Tom
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Having a great time using these templates. Quick question. I am working with the Business Time template and have figured out how to change the pictures however, I’m having a hard time resizing them and just selecting the part of the image that I want. Thanks for the help.
This is so hilarious! I know all the people on the first slide, since I’ve seen, and used, those images in my content! It’s almost as if they are hired to do e-learning work for us.
Thanks for the templates! I’d like to use the Section 1 photo from the Business Time template in a training project. How can I get the rights to use it?
Thanks, Sarah
Thanks, Tom!
Hi Tom, I am a new user and really appreciate your blog, tutorials and great resources. Question: I downloaded the “business” template to see how the internal hyperlinks were set up. When I click on any of the sections/faces in the main menu I land on Section 1. I looked at the hyperlink dialogues for each section (on the main menu) and the targets look correct. Could I be doing something wrong on my end? I set up a similar structure yesterday in PowerPoint and had a similar problem (the hyperlinks led to the next slide, not the target slide). Any ideas? Thanks!
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